Vehicle.



R. H. HASSLER.

VEHICLE. APPLICATION FILED IIAII. 2, ma. L' IIIIenI-ed Aug. Io, 19m.

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mnsY-eiseiy of the axis ef the vehicle and Cured by clips l5 t0 the frame 13. Each end of ehe spring le is foinied with an eye bj; whicii'it is piotady attached to siiacde 1S. lever 18, one for each snaeide i6, is pivoted et its lower end 19, e a peren i0, supported by the aide 1l. The eppesie and uppei end 0f eeen lever i3, is expanded and iiatened to forni a been ing foi' Ifie ,smaii end of a truncated conical "ejuze ei' "neiiead spying 361, which will i i hereinafter efex to es the suppienienta sp1-ing SO, and seid expanded end of the levee is piosided with e longitudinal Centrali sie Q1, es receive a. swing-compression pee in vdie assembiy of the invention, as Wi be inereinafbee more pertieuizuiy desezibed. Depending fiom Fie expended end of ieYei 18, on each side 0I" Sie slot Q1, are 'Hang s which enter between the Coils at the simil end of *die supplement-ai spring 3G, i@ eene and heid the spring on its seat. against Lever 1S.

The upper ends 01"' die shackles 16, are pivotniy n'mened to their respective levers 1S, between die ends of said respective ieveis, and preferably doser to the loweig ends i9, in the manner substenizdiy as shown in Fig. l.

The iem'es ef the spring l, ai'e bound to 'eikel' by clips "28, in iie usual manner, and these nieces prefel te fasten seats 25, er die ini-ge ends of the auxiiimy tiuneeted enniezi Voine sil rings 3G, seid seais Q5, be in semi-ammini* pairs which ai'e inteqnd with Sumgeeng {ianges Q6, formed pen e, pife 29, contee-ting ee top of spring een-zanindm seats 25, heme anges A jeeing unweidiy ei" theii outer edges Lto receive idie eoiis at ehe iaigje end of the sup- I in Center and heid that ai spring en its seu.

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the bolt the ends bdesire to be confined to the 3.2i."li-verpivoted to tlie i'ii'l'tiiig ihi lever with holes through which bolts 37 for fastening the device to the leaf spring, are passed.

Fig. 2, shows the auxiliary spring and its connections as above described, on a larger scale and therefore plainer than saine appear in Fig. 1. this view diii'ering from Fig.

1. so tar as'the mechanism illustrated is con-A bolt 40, are caught under the apex wallsof 'f the hollow wedge 34, while in use. bolt-hole is elongated to allow vthe pin #12, to be inserted through it in one position of the bolt, and y walls oli' the hell/ow wedge on each side of the slot. The compression' yplate 41, has a reduced innerside tol center it in the end ot' the auxiliary spring, Aand the width of is such as to pass freely through the slot 21, in the end of ler/ver 18, during the assembly of the several parts on'the vehicle. he end of the bolt 40, opposite pin 42, is screw-threaded to receiv a nut 43, by means of which the required compression of the auxiliary spring is secured during the assembly and afterward released.

In the modification shown in Fig. 6, the support 14, t'or the large end of the auxiliary spring,`instead of being upon the leafspriiig, is iroin the vehicle body 45, the lever 18 being bent as shown to allow'tlie support 44, to be located at `inc side of the leaf spring to avoid interference.

sions 1G, provide lor. is alinos eliminated by the action oi the springs 30, 30, 'for cach axle. conical Q springs resists any tendency to bend their axes, and by placing these axes ot each pair in outwardly obliquedirections, asindicated by the dotted lines m`ji/, y`2, Fig. 1, the lateral swing ol the suspended portion'oi" the vehicle on the shackles 10, is prevented,l in large iiieasiirc, in'liotli directions.

ll'liile I have dcseribed'iny invention with iiioie or less niiniiteness ot', detail, Ido not entirely auxiliary iiisiii shown, iiiidiily, oi' any more than iS 'l i:laiiii--.-

I.' ln a vehicle, 'a support, a inain spring,

siipi'ioi-t, means conihiend ot the mainA The truncated. volute torniatioii ot' said auxiliary specific mecliaspring, and a conical volute auxiliary spring A connected at one end With vthat portion of the' vehicle subject to rebound and at the other end to thelever.

2. In a vehicle, a support, elastic means, a pair of levers, one on each side of the vehicle, pivoted to' said support, means connecting each lever to saidelastie means, and a pair of conical volute springs, one for each lever, connected at one end with that po'rtion of the vehicle subject to rebound and at the other end with a corresponding one 'of said levers, the axes of said pair of auxiliary springs being oblique to each other and ex-- tending laterally of the axis of the vehicle.

3.1m a vehicle, vrelatively xed a vehicle portion elastic means supporting the latter from the ormer comprising a plurality of conical volute springs distributed on opposite vsides of the4 vehicle axis with the axes .of the springs positioned laterally of the axis of' the vehicle. and'with the axes of the springs on one side oblique to the axesof the springs .on the other side. 1

4. In a vehicle, an axle, a leaf sprin disposed longitudinally of the axle, shack esat the spring ends, lever supports on thel axle near each -end of the leaf spring, a lever j pivoted to each support and to the adjacent'v shackles on the leaf spring, and a conical volute auxiliary spring for each nected at one end with a portion of the vehicle subject to rebound and at the other end I to the lever.

5. In a vehicle,

a support, a portion subject to rebound, a

pair of levers pivotally supports, subject to rebound, andlever con supported from said support and arranged,

on opposite sidesof the vehicl'e axis, a leaf spring connected at its ends with the levers, and a pair of conical volute "springs, one between the end of each lever and the portion pair ot springs being oblique to each /1 ,/ot the vehicle subject to rebound, the axes n the operation o't' iny device, the Side/ in a, bottom having aholloW raised' center,

saidl center having an elongated apex opens ing `for the insertion of a bolt With lateral projections.

'7. rlhe combination,

with a coiled compression spring, of a seat at one end having a depressed center with albottom having a. hollow raised slotted portion, a bolt With latei-ai end projections passed through the slot and engaging said raised portion, the other end ot the bolt being threaded, a nut on the threaded end of the bolt, and

jacent end of the spring.

8. In a vehicle,-a support, a main spring,

a lever pi voted to the support and having'its other end expanded to forni a spring-seat,y said seat being slotted, means connecting a com#kv pression4v plate between the nut and theadf iso the lever with the end of the main spring, e coiled compression spring having one end in Contact with said vserif; on the lever, e springsezxt at the other end of the compression spring having a depressed center 'having a bottom wih' a heilen* raised and slotted portion, a boit passing through the compression spring having screw thleecis at one end and iuteuii projections at theether, sei/ last end. being passed through the slet and engaging ehe neiior raised portion of said lestv spring-seat, n nuton the theaded end of the bolt, and a compression' plate between( the nut :md spring and entering the sieg"l in the level'. 35

In Witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand und seal at Indianapolis, Indiana, this 20th day of February, A. D. one thousand nine hunch-ed and fifteen.

ROBERT H. HASSLER. [Ls] `Witnesses z F. WT. vWeinmniz, J. A. IVIN'lrURN. 

